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Leading with questions

Leading with questions

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Leading with questions

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- It's pretty common for leaders, especially new leaders, to assume their job is to take charge. That means you use your expertise and tell others what to do, right? Well, sometimes. It's funny, even though you have authority, you're not always supposed to use it. Instead, the goal is to strive for collaboration. Professionals desire to have voice in the decisions that affect them, so you've got to get them talking. The problem is that most leaders strongly bias conversations when they kick things off by sharing what they think before allowing others to speak. Don't always lead with what you want or think. For any given interaction, conversation, or meeting, at least half of the time, you should consider beginning with their input, not yours. The easiest way to do this is by leading with questions. Why? Because your goal is to give voice, treat them as colleagues, build agreement, and to learn about your team's depth of expertise and how they tend to think. All of this is useful input…

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